T John Ward

Biography

Left home at age 15;lived and worked as general dogsbody in hotels. During army service, saw action in Aden and volunteered for service in the elite Trucial Oman Scouts. Awarded Order of Al Qasimi Tower by President of UAE. Married for 46 years. Written many short stories and poems. Won two 'Creative Writing' awards. Two of my novels have sold out in limited editions. Retired as Head of University Catering Services. Travelled widely.

Books

Tup told me this when he got back from Oz.
Henry Gumble, who's a pint short of a quart, inherited a bungalow and a piece of desert on the edge of some more of it in the outback. He decided to make a garden. But just as his- er- let's give her the benefit of the doubt, mate- lovely wife, Martha, predicted, he failed miserably. Then he uncovered a cache of fertiliser left behind by aliens

Tread the narrow margins between love and lust, guilt and redemption, life and death in 'The Levelling Dust'!
From the sleazy haunts of 1950’s Soho, Mombasa and Hong Kong, to the war-torn hills of Korea and the barren landscapes of Aden, fate dictates the course the estranged Bowen brothers lives will take until they are brought together in a fight for survival on Australia’s Nullarbor Plains

After Oliver Twist saves him from being transported to a penal colony, The Artful Dodger joins forces with the embittered Peninsular War veteran, Abel Garnett, in a fight for life and liberty. Together, they battle against a devastating flood,an escaped psychopath, militia men determined to see them hanged and assassins out to change the course of history!